1 Samuel 15:12

New English Translation

¹²Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where^[a] he is setting up a monument for himself.” Then Samuel left^[b] and went down to Gilgal.^[c]

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 15:12 tn Heb “and look.”
1 Samuel 15:12 tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.” Some translations assume that the quotation continues and that “he” is Saul. The wording of the LXX, “he went down to Gilgal to Saul” assumes that Samuel is the subject and that the quotation has ended.tc The LXX also has “he returned the chariot” or “the chariot returned” before “he went down.” Again this may or may not be part of the quotation.
1 Samuel 15:12 tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin ms include the following words not found in the MT: “to Saul. And behold, he was offering as a burnt offering to the Lord the best of the spoils that he had brought from the Amalekites.” The Lucianic Greek translation does not include this text.

1 Samuel 15:12

King James Version

¹²And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

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1 Samuel 15:12

English Standard Version

¹²And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to ^(A)Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.”

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1 Samuel 15:12

New King James Version

¹²So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul went to ^(A)Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.”

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